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Economic diagnostic tool
This diagnostic is designed to help councils fulfil their enhanced role in place shaping and promoting economic prosperity.
It provides a framework and a set of diagnostic questions for use in self-assessment or peer review. It is intended to identify gaps in knowledge or interventions, and help councils improve their local economy. It provides questions to help direct inquiries or interventions, and gives case studies from other councils tackling the issues.
Driving economic prosperity: diagnostic tool (PDF, 133 pages, 1.9MB large file)
Each chapter of the diagnostic can also be accessed individually from the following link. The page also contains an overview and summary for each chapter.
Local Government Improvement and Development (formerly the IDeA) has also produced a guide for elected lead members across all portfolios. It provides background information and a summary of the practical things you can do to drive economic prosperity in your area. It is not guidance and does not set out a prescriptive to-do list.
Driving economic prosperity: a practical guide for lead members (PDF, 12 pages, 250KB)
Local Government Improvement and Development welcomes comments and ideas on the diagnostic, including ways in which it has been beneficial. Please join the community of practice (CoP) to discuss your experiences.
Raising Economic Prosperity Community of Practice
Local Government Improvement and Development has developed the diagnostic into a Word-based self-assessment tool. Local authorities can download and use this two-part evaluation tool.
Economic prosperity self evaluation - process mechanisms (Word doc, 178KB)
Economic prosperity self evaluation - drivers (Word doc, 331KB)
Local Government Improvement and Development is also piloting a peer review offering based on the tool.
If you would like to discuss the self-assessment or are interested in having a peer review in your area then please email Kamal Panchal, Programme Manager, kamal.panchal@local.gov.uk or Neil Woods, Senior Improvement Manager, neil.woods@local.gov.uk.
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